Industrial Railway Society Publications

The Society have now set up
an "eShop" which allows you to
purchase our publications online.
In future all details of our publications will appear in this shop, even if you
order by traditional means.

The IRS publishes a wide range of books about industrial railways,
both in the United Kingdom and overseas. The Regional Handbooks
were the first books that the Society produced, in it's very early days, and these have
now grown greatly from the slim little booklets of those early years. In the 1960's we
brought out the first EL Handbook, to provide a more
up-to-date guide for the enthusiast looking for the existing industrial and preservation
railways of the UK, and this is now in its 17th edition. Over the years we have also
published a number of other books about specialised subjects,
such as a particular industrial system, or locomotive builder.

The IRS does not just limit its interest to the industrial railways
of the UK and Foreign books started in 1956 with the first of a
series on the industrials of France, which is now in its second generation. Since then the
coverage has spread to other countries around the world such as Germany and Cuba, with
more to follow. And finally there is the Society's magazine, the Industrial
Railway Record, with its range of articles on all sorts of industrial railway
subjects.

Note: Many former
Society publications (books & the 'Record') are now out of print, but we do have
some good second-hand copies available of some of these. If you are interested
please make enquiries by email to Bob Darvill
to find out what is available.

IRS
Sales Stand

The Society's sales stand will be appearing at
the following
events in 2017-18. You will be able buy all our available publications from the stand, or
arrange to collect items that you have ordered in advance, and so save on the
cost of postage. If customers want any specific books for collection at Sales Stands can they please drop an email to the sales officer stating their
requirements.:-

Warley Model Railway Exhibition, NEC
Birmingham - Saturday & Sunday 25th & 26th November(Note that onlyIRS Publications
will be on sale on our stand - this is due to the terms under which we get
a free stand at this exhibition;
however other publications can be ordered in
advance, for collection at the show)www.thewarleyshow.co.uk

We have just released our new
Handbooks for Kent
and Cumberland.
These cost £35.00 each or £25.00 if you are an IRS member.

In time to catch the Christmas trade the
Society is offering a new product bundle. This is for our four
Pocket Books Reprints – No.1 West Midlands, No.2 East Midlands, No.7
Lancashire and Book K North Riding of Yorkshire.

These cost £35.90 if bought as individual items or £30 in our bundle
(public prices)

Terms: Payment with order. All prices given are in UK pounds
Sterling but postage is EXTRA
(see below). Cheques/Postal orders to be made payable to "Industrial Railway
Society" or "I.R.S.". UK postage stamps are acceptable in lieu of
cheques/postal orders for small amounts. Payment can also be made by Giro transfer to
account number: 48-274-2801 (book sales only).

Please note that IRS members can
often buy
these publications at substantially lower prices than those
quoted here -why not joinup now and enjoy these and other benefits?

Foreign orders: We can only accept cash
or cheques in UK Sterling, due to the exorbitant bank charges for converting
foreign currency and foreign cheques. Please note that
we can no longer accept French bank cheques.

CREDIT CARDS / PAYPALThe IRS can now accept credit card orders
directly or via the PayPal system through our new
eSales Shop.Important: please note that we canONLYaccept credit card orders
via the eSales Shop, so pleaseDO NOT
send your credit card orders to us via post or
normal email, as they cannot be processed.

PLEASE NOTE NEW POSTAGE RATES

Postage: The
prices for IRS publications no longer includes postage &
packing. We now charge for p&p -
add 20% for p&p (maximum £6.00) to UK addresses, orders
over£60 to UK
addresses are post free; for
overseas addresses add 33.3%
for p&p, reduced to 20%on ordersover £60.For buyers outside Europe, books can be sent by AIR MAIL but at
an extra cost of 35% on the prices listed. Any surplus can be credited against future
orders or refunded.

DESPATCH OF ORDER
The Society will make its best efforts to despatch goods to you within 4
calendar weeks of receipt of your order. Because the Society is composed of
volunteers there may be busy periods when this may not be possible.

YOUR RIGHTS TO A CANCEL AN
ORDER
You have the right to cancel your order at any time prior to despatch and we
will refund your payment in full.

YOUR RIGHTS TO RETURN GOODS
After despatch of the goods you have the following rights:-

If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with the goods you have
received you have the right to a full refund including any postage and packing
charges we have levied. Please return the goods to the Sales Officer who will
arrange for a full refund to be made. We will refund your payment within 28 days
of receipt of the returned items. You are responsible for the cost of returning
the items to the Society.

We
will replace any goods that you find to be faulty, even if you do not discover
the fault for many months as we appreciate that some faults might not be
apparent for some time. If you find any item to be faulty please contact the
Sales Officer before returning it. If the goods are faulty and are returned to
us for replacement or refund we will also refund the cost of posting the item
back to us.

Trade orders

The IRS can supply its
publications wholesale to genuine retailers in the UK and overseas.
Please contact the sales team via email
for details, including reduced trade prices.

Update Lists: The IRS frequently publishes special
'Bulletins' containing additions and corrections to its historical handbooks, to enable
members to keep these books up to date with the latest information. These 'Amendment
Bulletins' are sent out to members along with the normal 'Bulletin', as a normal part of
the membership service. Sets of these are also available for purchase by non-members while stocks
last. These are the 'Update Lists' mentioned in the entries for various publications.